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CTS Guidelines and Position Statements

Canadian Thoracic Society recommendations regarding the use of face masks by the public during the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic

Mohit Bhutania Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1911-4169

Paul Hernandezb Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Connie Yangc Department of Pediatrics, British Columbia Children’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Jean Bourbeaud Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada

Christopher Licskaie Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Gail Dechmanf School of Physiotherapy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Anne Van Damg Canadian Thoracic Society, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Samir Guptah St. Michael’s Hospital Unity Health Toronto, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Pages 163-164 | Published online: 30 Jul 2020

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